Ingenue

De: Jillian Larkin

Narrado por: Abby Craden

If you love The Great Gatsby, you'll want to read the Flappers series.
Power . . . love . . . scandal . . . there’s never enough to go around.

In the city that never sleeps, Lorraine Dyer is wide awake. Ever since she exposed Clara Knowles for the tramp she was—and lost her closest confidante in the process—Lorraine has spent every second scheming to make her selfish, lovesick ex–best friend pay for what she did. No one crosses Lorraine. Not even Gloria.

True love conquers everything—or so Gloria Carmody crazily believed. She and Jerome Johnson can barely scrape together cash for their rent, let alone have a moment to whisper sweet nothings in the dark. And if they thought escaping Chicago meant they’d get away with murder . . . they were dead wrong.

Clara was sure that once handsome, charming Marcus Eastman discovered her shameful secret, he’d drop her like a bad habit. Instead, he swept her off her feet and whisked her away to New York. Being with Marcus is a breath of fresh air—and a chance for Clara to leave her wild flapper ways firmly in the past. Except the dazzling parties and bright lights won’t stop whispering her name. . . .

INGENUE is the second novel in the sexy, dangerous, and ridiculously romantic Flappers series set in the Roaring Twenties . . . where revenge is a dish best served cold.

Reseñas de la Crítica

Elle Girl (online)
"Ingenue hits shelves August 9, and we are way ready for the latest glamorous chapter. Short skirts, dark and dank speakeasies, and a slew of boys are more than enough to grab our intrigue. It’s high time we strolled into our imaginary time machines back to the 1920s"

Booklist
"This is a minxes-and-mayhem cross between Friends and Boardwalk Empire."

School Library Journal
"The booze, deception, scandals, and romance will keep readers looking forward to the next book in the series."

TeenReads.com
"Larkin brings the colorful 1920s alive with her vivid descriptions of the amazing fashions and jazzy music. And she doesn't back away from the dangers and dirt of the time period either, incorporating the illegal speakeasy nightclubs with their smoky atmospheres and flowing liquor bars, and the law-breaking mobsters who rule the streets. She also tackles the racism and bigotry of the time, doing so with honesty and sensitivity. Fans will be excited to know that this talented writer is offering more thrills, romance and history with book three, DIVA, coming in 2012."

Bibliophile Support Group (blog):
"The cliffhanger end was pitch-perfect, and I am very much looking forward to the third book – Diva – when it comes out. I can’t help hoping that this is not the final book in what is turning out to be a lively, wild, romantic, opulent series! Want to sit back, relax, and be flat-out entertained? Grab Ingénue! That is, after reading Vixen!"

Feathered Quill
"This series should definitely be on your list to buy, as these books tell what 1920’s New York was really all about - good gossip and a whole lot of fun."

Book Loving Mommy
"I love the descriptions of New York in the 1920s! They are so real that you feel like you are watching it on TV. The speakeasies were well-described and it is obvious that the author has done her research into this world and time...I highly recommend that you pick up this series and give it a try!"

One Page at a Time
"Fun brain candy with lots of historical insight."

good book

good book. great performance. I had already listened to the 1st book in the series. I'll be listening to the 3rd book now.

Love, adventure, and drama

I posi-lutely love this series! When I read the first book, I had a hard time getting into it until Gloria and Jerome started falling for each other as well as Clara and Marcus. I found the whole rich lifestyle and stuffy, grandiose parties boring, but this book had so much more!

Gloria's life has totally changed from when she lived in Chicago. She now lives in New York with Jerome and all the while she has to steal and hide to make it. Lorraine is now in charge of a speakeasy in New York called The Opera House. Clara lives in New York in Brooklyn Heights and she's working hard to stay away from her old flapper ways while Marcus lives in Manhattan wishing she would move up there near him. Vera and Evan come to New York to find Jerome and Gloria to warn them that a murderer is on the loose looking for them!

Jobs are what causes monumental changes in the characters' lives. Lorraine is actually working for Macarelli and trying to lure Gloria and Jerome into an act that may be their last. Clara starts working for the Manhattanite- a magazine where she is a gossip columnist, this thrust her back into her old flapper ways and breaks Marcus' heart. Jerome and Gloria take a job at the Opera House with no idea that they have walked right in a trap!

On Gloria's debut night, will it be curtains for her and Jerome?